Rich tributes paid to Dr Sivanthi Aditanar

CHENNAI: Leaders from all political parties and noted personalities paid rich tributes to the late Padma Shri Dr B Sivanthi Aditanar on his 10th remembrance day, at his memorial in Chennai on Wednesday.

Dr Sivanthi Aditanar’s son S Balasubramanian Adityan, Director, Daily Thanthi group of publications, and grandson and Daily Thanthi group Director B Sivanthi Adityan paid floral tributes during the function. Malathi Sivanthi Adityan, Jayaramaiah and Anita Kumaran also paid their respects.

Minister Anitha R Radhakrishnan, former Mayor Saidai Duraisamy, former ministers D Jayakumar, Kadambur Raju, Vaigai Chelvan, Senthamizhan, BJP State vice president Karu Nagarajan, advocate RC Paul Kanagaraj, Lok Sabha MP Vijay Vasanth, TNCC vice president A Gopanna, PMK leader GK Mani MLA, DMDK deputy general secretary B Parthasarathy, NTK coordinator Seeman, Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi leader NR Dhanapalan, Puratchi Baratham leader Poovai Jaganmoorthy, Hindu Munnani State leader Kadeswara Subramaniam, former Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, industrialist VG Santhosam, VMK general secretary Bussy Anand, and Dr Sivanthi Aditanar Kalyana Mandapam administrators R Edraja, P Selvakumar, TN Nadar Sangam leader Muthu Ramesh Nadar, Dr Sivanthi Aditanar Narpani Mandram State leader SRS Sabesh Adityan were among the scores of leaders who paid their respects in Chennai.

Besides them, leaders and members of various social welfare organisations, actors, journalists, common public, school children among others came to Dr Sivanthi Aditanar memorial in Poes Garden to pay their respects.